English Explanatory Dictionary

eat, drink and be merry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. Enjoy yourself; forget your cares; do not worry.

Word forms

eat, drink and be merry

Etymology

A reference to Ecclesiastes 8:15: "Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry".

Related words

eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die
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